The reason for a lack of distress-related activity is simple. Most owners have tried whatever means possible to avoid selling hotels because values have fallen so far that their investment would be wiped out. "People realize it's a dumb time to sell," says David Lynn, who heads research as a managing director of ING Clarion Partners LLC, a real estate private equity and investment management firm. "If they can hold on, they're going to do that."

Ben Carlos Thypin

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